One Litre of Tears

This beautifully moving drama is based on the real-life struggles of a 15-year-old girl named Aya who suffered from an incurable disease, but lived life to the fullest until her death at 25. The script is based on the diary Aya kept writing until she could no longer hold a pen. The book that later followed entitled. Fifteen year old Ikeuchi Aya was just a normal girl, soon to be high school student and daughter of a family who works at a shop that makes tofu. As time passed, unusual things started happening to Aya lately. She started falling down often and walks in a strange way. Her mother Shioka, takes Aya to see the doctor, and he informs Shioka that Aya has spinocerebellar degeneration - a terrible disease where the cerebellum of the brain gradually deteriorates to the point where the victim cannot walk, speak, write, or eat. A cruel disease, as it does not affect the mind in the least. How will Aya react when told about her disease? And how will Aya live from now on?

The memories that were carved haven't faded yetJust giving yourself up to these days that are rolling byThis beating heart is searching for something It's still shaking even now

Even if what you see on the other side of the sky is an endless painWe don't need the words that are always hereEvery day, every night, every time, always That's rightWith unshakable feelings

Our voices from those days are callingTo that tomorrow, it starts movingYou can hear it too, right? We don't need a reasonSurely, there isn't only one answerThere's a place we'll get to somedayIf there's something I'm proud of So that it'll get to youI'll go to a world I haven't seen yet